sentinel
noun
a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
sentinelling
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present participleof sentinel.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The dry stalks, sentinelling the seared ground, waved their tattered remnants of unpicked bolls to and fro—summer's battle flags which had not yet fallen.
From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by John Trotwood Moore
Dignity and grace lie in these tall swaying trees sentinelling the way on either side.
From In the Claws of the German Eagle by Albert Rhys Williams
The round green hills sentinelling the broad, expansive bosom of the Hudson held her attention by their beauty as the train followed the line of the stream.
From Sister Carrie: a Novel by Theodore Dreiser
